Yolande Strengers is a Professor of digital technology and society based in the Emerging Technologies Research Lab and Department of Human Centred Computing in the Faculty of Information Technology. She is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Director (Research) of the Monash Energy Institute, and Associate Director (Energy Futures) of the  Emerging Technologies Research Lab.

Yolande's work spans the disciplines of digital sociology, human-computer interaction (HCI) design, science and technology studies, and human geography. Her research focused on two key challenges in relation to emerging technologies: sustainability and energy consumption; and equity and inclusion. She currently leads two landmark projects: an ARC Future Fellowship project on "cute" home helper robots and our emerging relationships with human-like AI; and the RACE for 2030 Scenarios for Future Living project, which explores how people will live in 2050 and the implications for energy forecasting and planning. Yolande's research is highly applied, with past and current partners include ANZ Bank, Ausgrid, AusNet Services, Energy Consumers Australia, Citipower/Powercor/United Energy, Red Energy and Intel Corporation.

The Emerging Technologies Research Lab, where Yolande is based, undertakes critical interdisciplinary and international research into the social, cultural and experiential dimensions of the design, use and futures of new and emerging technologies. As part of the lab, Yolande has pioneered methodological and conceptual approaches to understanding our future lives with emerging technologies.

Yolande has published widely across leading journals in the social sciences and HCI design fields. Her books include The Smart Wife (MIT Press 2020, co-authored with Dr Jenny Kennedy) and Smart Energy Technologies in Everyday Life (Palgrave McacMillan 2013).